Kaktovik, AK Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kaktovik

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Kaktovik leans slightly Democratic by roughly 14 points: about 57% of voters vote Democratic and 43% Republican. These figures are model estimates: Alaska did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.

 

About 55% of adults in Kaktovik typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kaktovik, ~32% vote Democratic, ~24% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kaktovik compares

Kaktovik runs about 27 points more Democratic than Alaska as a whole. Alaska leans Republican overall, while Kaktovik is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Kaktovik leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Kaktovik, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Kaktovik have never been married, far above similar-sized cities (around 28%). Kaktovik runs against the grain of Alaska, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Kaktovik, AK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Kaktovik looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Kaktovik is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 42%, about 8 points below the Alaska average of 50%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 46% of households in Kaktovik rent, compared to around 28% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 34% of adults in Kaktovik report food insecurity, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alaska Division of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. AK did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.